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  • QOTD for Saturday, July 4, 2009 -- Terri C, 19:51:18 07/03/09 Fri
    The following quote is taken from A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 72, Betrayals. Copyright© 2005 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    Jamie took my cap off and set it on the ledge. The air blew through my inch of hair, ruffling it like meadow grass, and he smiled as he looked at me.

    “Ye look like a boy, Sassenach,” he said. “Though damned if I’ve ever seen a lad with an arse like yours.”

    “Thanks so much,” I said, absurdly pleased. I had eaten like a horse in the last two months, slept well and deeply through the nights, and knew I was much improved in looks, hair nothwithstanding. Never hurt to hear it, though.

    “I want ye verra much, mo nighean donn,” he said softly, and curled his fingers round my wrist, letting the pads rest gently on my pulse.


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  • Ok, a really interesting show on the History channel. Secrets of the founding fathers. There really were Hellfire clubs where all sorts of illicit behaviors occurred, attended by Ben Franklin! La Gabaldon does it again. Who woulda thought??? -- Froggielady Lori, 17:58:05 07/03/09 Fri

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  • uk hosers-----pay close attention to this !!!!!!! -- ali cat, 02:44:53 07/03/09 Fri
    From: Bill Massey
    Subject: RE: Diana Gabaldon
    To: "ali cat"
    Date: Wednesday, 1 July, 2009, 9:12 PM

    Dear Alison

    I applaud your enthusiasm and dedication - and of course I appreciate you don't want to wait a second longer to read An Echo in the Bone than necessary.

    So I think we may have an idea that will mean you won't have to - and also means you can help to make the book a bestseller.

    If you - and any other of the Ladies of Lallybroch - would like to pre-order the January hardcover edition from Amazon, we will then gladly send you a copy of the trade paperback that we publish simultaneously with the US edition.

    This is the edition that goes on sale in Australia and New Zealand and other export markets, but isn't available in UK bookstores.

    That way, you would have the UK hardback, which hopefully with your help will be a bestseller, and in addition, and at no extra cost, the trade paperback at the first possible moment the book is available anywhere in the world.

    Two books for the price of one, and no delay in getting straight to the latest installment of Jamie and Claire's story.

    All you would have to do is to email us your Amazon invoice/receipt as soon as you have it, which would include your delivery address, and we would be primed and ready to send you your own copy of the trade paperback.


    Do let me know if this idea would appeal or if you would like any further details. I'm very much hoping you will take us up on our offer.

    Best

    Bill


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  • QOTD for Friday, July 3, 2009 -- Terri C, 18:48:12 07/02/09 Thu
    The following quote is taken from Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 13, An Examination of Conscience. Copyright (c) 1997 by Diana Gabaldon. All
    rights reserved.


    He looked at me in silence for a moment. Then, very slowly, he walked around me. At last, his voice came from behind me.

    “Ye wore them outside?” he said, in tones of incredibility. “Where folk could see ye?”

    “I did,” I said crossly. “So did other women. Why not?”

    “Why not?” he said, scandalized. “I can see the whole shape of your buttocks, for God’s sake, and the cleft between!”
    ___________________________________________________
    Not a true arse quote, but one that makes me laugh every time I read it!


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  • QOTD for Thursday, July 2, 2009 -- Terri C, 18:41:46 07/01/09 Wed
    The following quote is taken from The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 13, Beans and Barbecue. Copyright© 2001 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    “Keep your voice down, Sassenach," he murmured, touching my hand. “Ye dinna want the bairns to hear ye. Besides,” he added, his voice dropping low enough that he was obliged to lean down and whisper in my ear, “it’s not all women. Only the ones with lovely round arses.” He let go of my hand and patted my backside familiarly, showing remarkable accuracy in the darkness.

    “I woulnda cross the road to see a scrawny woman, if she were stark naked and dripping wet. As for Lillywhite," he resumed, in a more normal tone of voice, but without removing his hand, which was molding the cloth of my skirt thoughtfully round one buttock, “he may be a Protestant, Sassenach, but he’s still a man.”


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  • Come on over to Broch Talk for some Fun! Melva T's word Scramble! -- LisaW, 11:28:25 07/01/09 Wed
    Sure to test your Book knowledge!!

    Last edited by author: Wed July 01, 2009 11:29:14   Edited 1 time.

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  • QOTD for Wednesday, July 1, 2009 -- Terri C, 18:01:20 06/30/09 Tue
    The following quote is taken from The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 39, In Cupid’s Grove. Copyright© 2001 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    It was seeing her in the new gown that did it. It had been months since he’d seen her dressed like a lady, narrow-waisted in silk, and her white breasts round and sweet as winter pears in the low neck of her gown. It was as though she were suddenly a different woman; one intimately familiar and yet still excitingly strange.

    His fingers twitched, remembering that one rebel lock, spiraling free down her neck, and the feel of her slender nape–and the feel of her plump warm arse through her skirts, pressed against his leg. He had not had her in more than a week, what with the press of people round them, and was feeling the lack of it acutely.


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  • QOTD for Tuesday, June 30, 2009 -- Terri C, 18:39:27 06/29/09 Mon
    The following quote is taken from Voyager by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 29, Culloden's Last Victim. Copyright (c) 1994 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    Jamie laughed and with a lightness of heart no doubt engendered by being newly freed from sin, grasped me around the waist and lifted me onto his lap.

    “I’ve never before seen a great-auntie wi’ a lovely plump arse like that,” he said with approval, bouncing me slightly on his knees. I let out a small shriek as his teeth closed lightly on my ear.


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  • ABOSAA - Difficult to read one portion -- Kathy, 07:37:32 06/29/09 Mon
    I just finished reading the section in ABOSAA where Claire is abducted, brutalized and raped. Knowing this section was coming up is, I believe, the main reason I had to put the book down a few weeks ago and stop reading. It has to be the most intense, disturbing, but at the same time well-written, "put yourself there" fiction I have ever read. I am in my second read-through so knew how it would come out in the end, but still it was difficult to get through. But I did get through it and feel like now I can finish the book and eagerly await Echo. Diana is an awesome author, even if her writing makes my stomach knot up from nerves occasionally - that's part of what makes her awesome.


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  • QOTD for Monday, June 29, 2009 -- Terri C, 17:23:26 06/28/09 Sun
    The following quote is taken from Dragonfly In Amber by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 15, In Which Music Plays a Part. Copyright (c) 1992 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    “Mr. Silas Hawkins, who is so eager to know what the political climate is like in the Scottish Highlands?” Jamie shook his head at me admiringly. “And here I thought I married you because ye had a fair face and a fine fat arse. To think you’ve a brain as well!” He neatly dodged the blow I aimed at his ear, and grinned at me.


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  • QOTD for Sunday, June 28, 2009 -- Terri C, 17:40:12 06/27/09 Sat
    The following quote is taken from Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 27, The Last Reason. Copyright (c) 1991 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    He was laughing so hard at this point that he had to gasp for breath between phrases. “Jamie…I said…for all she’s a Sassenach bitch…with a tongue like an adder’s…with a bum like that…what does it matter if she’s a f-face like a sh-sheep?”


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  • QOTD for Saturday, June 27 -- Lady Stephanie, 19:54:53 06/26/09 Fri
    The following quote is taken from Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 33, Midsummer’s Eve, Copyright (c) 1997 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.
    On Midsummer’s eve in Scotland, the sun hangs in the sky with the moon. Summer solstice, the feast of Litha, Alban, Eilir. Nearly midnight, and the light was dim, and milky white, but light nonetheless.
    He could feel the stones long before he saw them. Claire and Geillis has both been right, he thought; the date mattered. They had been eerie on his earlier visits, but silent. Now he could hear them, not with his ears, but with his skin- a low buzzing hum like the drone of bagpipes.

    I've enjoyed doing the QOTD so much, even more than I'd hoped. Thanks for all the fun comments,it's been a great week for coming out of lurkdom. *g*


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  • Interview with Diana, part 2 -- Karen Henry, 03:15:43 06/26/09 Fri
    The second part of Jean Brittain's interview with Diana, which appeared in the June 2009 issue of Scottish Memories magazine, is now up on my blog.  Go here to see it, and if you have problems viewing it, try the RSS feed here.

    Lots of interesting things in this article, including a discussion of the various OUTLANDER tours, and some talk about the possible OUTLANDER movie. <g>

    Thanks again to Jean Brittain and to Diana for allowing me to post the text of the article on my site.

    Karen



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  • QOTD for Friday, June 26 -- Lady Stephanie, 20:07:25 06/25/09 Thu
    The following quote is taken from A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 16, Le Mot Juste, Copyright© 2005 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.
    “ “If I’d hopes of inspiring ye to raptures, it wouldna be with my words, now, would it?”
    One hand ran lightly down my back in illustration.
    “Well, the words help,” I said.
    “They do?”
    “Yes. Just now, I was actually trying to rank ‘I love you, I like you, I worship you, I have to have my cock inside you,’ in terms of their relative sincerity.”
    “Did I say that?” he said, sounding slightly startled.
    “Yes. Weren’t you listening?”
    “No,” he admitted. “I meant every word of it though.”


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  • Hello ladies, I went back to the mall again..First person to email me can have a free booklet. I haven't read mine yet and don't know if I will, but the suspense is killing me. taranehq@yahoo.com -- persianquinn, 19:50:22 06/25/09 Thu

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  • QOTD for Thursday, June 25, 2009 -- Lady Stephanie, 10:36:32 06/25/09 Thu
    The following quote is taken from Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 31, Return to Inverness, Copyright (c) 1997 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    “Claire had speculated that whatever it was stood widest open on the ancient sun feasts and fire feasts. It seemed to work- she had herself gone through the first time on Beltane, May 1, the second time on Samhain, the first of November. And now Brianna had evidently followed in her mother’s footsteps, going on Beltane.
    Well he wasn’t going to wait till November- God only knew what could happen to her in five months! Beltane and Samhain were fire feasts, though; there was a sun feast between.
    Midsummer’s eve, the summer solstice; that would be next.”


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  • QOTD for Wednesday, June 24, 2009 -- Lady Stephanie, 20:14:33 06/23/09 Tue
    The following quote is taken from Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 2, In Which We Meet a Ghost, Copyright (c) 1997 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.
    “Then his mouth moved to mine, and I melted-almost literally- into him. I didn’t care hot it was, or whether the dampness on my skin was my sweat or his. Even the clouds of insects faded into insignificance. I raised my hips and he slid home, slick and solid, the last faint coolness of him quenched by my heat, like the cold metal of a sword, slaked in hot blood.
    My hands glided on a film of moisture over the curves of his back, and my breasts wobbled against his chest, a rivulet trickling between them to oil the friction of belly and thigh.”


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  • QOTD for Tuesday, June 23, 2009 -- Stephanie Corder, 09:37:46 06/23/09 Tue
    The following quote is taken from Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 1, A New Beginning, Copyright (c) 1991 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.
    “ “Old days?”
    “The ancient feasts,” he explained, still lost in his mental notes. “Hogmanay, that’s New Year’s, Midsummer Day. Beltane, and All Hallows’. Druids, Beaker Folk, early Picts, everybody kept the sun feasts and the fire feasts, so far as we know. Anyway, ghosts are freed on the holy days, and can wander about at will, to do harm or good as they please.” He rubbed his chin thoughtfully,, “It’s getting on for Beltane- close to the spring equinox. Best keep an eye out, next time you pass the kirkyard.” His eyes twinkled, and I realized the trance had ended.”


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  • QOTD for Monday, June 22, 2009 -- Lady Stephanie, 20:03:28 06/21/09 Sun
    The following quote is taken from The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 107, Zugunruhe, Copyright© 2001 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.
    “ “Ssh,” Jamie murmured, far off. He was standing now, his hands on my waist and the moaning noise might have been the wind, or me. His fingers brushed my lips. They might have been matches, striking flames against my skin. Heat danced over me, belly and breast, neck and face, burning in front, cool behind, like St. Lawrence on his gridiron.
    I wrapped my legs around him, one heel settled in the cleft of his buttocks, the solid strength of his hips between my legs my only anchor.
    “Let go,” he said in my ear. “I’ll hold you.” I did let go, and leaned back on the air, safe in his hands.”
    Happy Monday!


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  • QOTD for Sunday, June 21, 2009 -- Lady Stephanie, 20:02:28 06/20/09 Sat
    The following quote is taken from Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon, chapter 32, Grimoire, Copyright (c) 1997 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    “I was thinking of my father,” he said. “When I stepped through the rock, I had just thought, if it works, could I go back and find him? And I…did.”
    “You did? Your Dad?” Was he a ghost, d’ye mean? He felt, more than saw, the flicker of her hand as she made the horns against evil.
    “No, not exactly. I-I can’t explain, Fiona. But I met him; I knew him.” The feeling of peace had not left him altogether; it hovered there, fluttering gently in the back of his mind.”

    This is my first time doing QOTD after being a lurker for more than five years; hope y’all enjoy my choices. I have two themes, (not counting the inclusion of Roger’s dad on Father’s Day) see if you can guess them!


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  • Kevin McKidd Fans -- Marcy, 20:59:36 06/19/09 Fri
    Hey Kevin McKidd fans and Outlander fans! We at kevinmckiddonline.com would like to invite you all to come check us out. We hear that Kevin is interested in playing Jamie, and that he's read and enjoyed the Outlander books. Many of us are currently reading the books and love to discuss them. Come join the discussion and the fun.


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  • QOTD for Saturday, June 20, 2009 -- Terri C, 20:26:46 06/19/09 Fri
    The following quote is taken from A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 66, The Dark Rises. Copyright© 2005 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.


    “It’s a great comfort,” he said at last, “to see the sun come up and go down. When I dwelt in the cave, when I was in prison, it gave me hope, to see the light come and go, and know that the world went about its business.”

    He was looking out the window, toward the blue distance where the sky darkened toward infinity. His throat moved a little as he swallowed.

    “It gives me the same feeling, Sassenach,” he said, “to hear ye rustling about in your surgery, rattling things and swearin’ to yourself.” He turned his head, then, to look at me, and his eyes held the depths of the coming night.

    “If ye were no longer there–or somewhere–” he said very softly, “then the sun would no longer come up or go down.”

    __________________________________________

    Thanks, everyone, for the comments this week. I've enjoyed posting and reading all your comments and insights. Your are the best!! "See" you in a few weeks!! Terri


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  • QOTD schedule -- Judie, 01:20:23 06/19/09 Fri
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    Please check below and make sure I got your week right, please. Thanks! :D

    Judie


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  • QOTD for Friday, June 19, 2009 -- Terri C, 17:43:47 06/18/09 Thu
    The following quote is taken from The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 99, Brother. Copyright© 2001 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.

    “When I was three-and-twenty, I didna understand how it was that to look at a woman could turn my bones to water, yet make me feel I could bend steel in my hands. When I was five-and-twenty, I didna understand how I could want both to cherish a woman and ravish her, all at once.”

    “A woman?” I asked, and got what I wanted – the curl of his mouth and a glance that went through my heart.

    “One woman,” he said. He took the hand I laid on his knee, and held it tightly, as though afraid I might snatch it back. “Just one,” he repeated, his voice husky.


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  • QOTD for Thursday, June 18, 2009 -- Terri C, 17:49:44 06/17/09 Wed
    The following quote is taken from The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon, Chapter 85, Hearthfire. Copyright© 2001 by Diana Gabaldon. All rights reserved.


    “To see the years touch ye gives me joy, Sassenach," he whispered, “–for it means that ye live.”

    He lifted his hand and let my hair fall slowly from his fingers, brushing my face, skimming my lips, floating soft and heavy on my neck and shoulders, lying like feathers at the tops of my breasts.

    “Mo nighean donn,” he whispered, “mo chridhe. My brown lass, my heart.”


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  • Free Highlander romance novels!! -- Helka, 03:12:08 06/16/09 Tue
    I got a bunch of romantical paperbacks from LadyBelle and now I wish to send them further to be read and enjoyed while we wait for the ECHO. I will cover the shipping costs, as they were shipped to me free of charge. Send me an email, if you are interested.


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